McGill, A. S., P. R. Mackie, P. Howgate, and J. G. McHenery
Dabs (Limanda limanda) caught in close proximity to the Beatrice Oil Platform have been assessed for the presence of an oil taint and chemically analysed for n-alkane and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons.
Massie, L. C., A. P. Ward, J. S. Bell, H. A. Saltzmann, and P. R. Mackie
In the light of increasing oil exploration and production in the northern North Sea, the Brent, Beryl and Forties oil fields, representing three different types of operation, and a number of stations between the Forties field and the Firth of Forth, we
The effects of discharged drilling cuttings contaminated with oil-based drilling fluids on the macrobenthos surrounding several North Sea oil-production platforms have been well documented.
Kolian, S. R., S. Porter, P. W. Sammarco, and E. W. Cake Jr
The impetus for this study began on 8 May 2011, when we noted sporadic mortality of colonies of orange—cup corals, Tubastrea coccinea (Lesson, 1829), and green sun corals, Tubastrea micranthus (Ehrenberg, 1834; Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scl
Input of contaminants into the sea associated with offshore oil drilling and production include accidental spillage, discharge of cuttings and discharge of production water.
King, S. C., J. E. Johnson, M. L. Haasch, D. A. J. Ryan, J. T. Ahokas, and K. A. Burns
The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) conducted a pilot study around the Harriet A oil production platform on the Northwest Shelf of Australia.
Two fish species, cod and haddock have been sampled from five different regions in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, the Haltenbanken and the Barents Sea.
A review of the acute and chronic effects of produced formation water (PFW), drilling fluids (muds) including oil-based cutting muds, water-based cutting muds, ester-based cutting muds and chemical additives, and crude oils associated with offshore oil
Hernandez Arana, H. A., R. M. Warwick, M. J. Attrill, A. A. Rowden, and G. Gold-Bouchot
Considering the long history of oil extraction and the numerous platforms that exist in the southern Gulf of Mexico, a regional approach has been used to investigate the impact of oil-related activities on the macrobenthic community.
A comprehensive study of the drill cuttings pile at N W Hutton was undertaken in August, 1992. Fifty one welIs have been drilled in the field, mainly using mineral oil based drill fluids, with the cuttings discharged to sea.
